About The Lakeville Journal Company

Established in 1897, The Lakeville Journal Company Newspapers, including The Millerton News (1972), The Lakeville Journal (1897), Compass Arts and Entertainment, TriCorner Real Estate and much more, are locally owned and published, and are committed to the communities we serve.

Mission Statement

Our goal is to report the news of our communities accurately and fairly, fostering democracy and an atmosphere of open communication.

The Lakeville Journal is an independently owned, community weekly newspaper covering North Canaan, Falls Village, Salisbury/Lakeville, Sharon, Cornwall and Kent, as well as Winsted, Norfolk, Colebrook, and Barkhamsted, Conn.

Unsurpassed Local News Coverage

If it’s important to the towns we cover, it’s important to us. Our professional and dedicated news staff provides more local news about the towns they cover than all other newspapers combined. Our reporters cover a full range of meetings in the towns we cover, from town meetings to school board meetings to planning and zoning meetings, to give you full perspective on the realities of life in these towns. Nine of 10 adults in a recent national survey said local news was the most important news category to them. This comes as no surprise to us.

Locally owned and committed

Established in 1897, The Lakeville Journal Company Newspapers are locally owned and published, and are committed to the communities we serve.

High Standards

Every department of the company is dedicated to quality and customer satisfaction. Community Acceptance: More than 26,250 people read our newspapers and website each week. In 2017, more than 2,000 businesses bought advertising in our news publications and website, www.tricornernews.com. If it’s important to our readers and customers, It’s important to us … People want local news and they get it best in the Lakeville Journal Company publications.

The Millerton News is an independently owned, community weekly newspaper covering Millerton, North East, Amenia, Pine Plains, Millbrook, Ancram, Dover and Copake in New York.

Unsurpassed Local News Coverage

If it’s important to the towns we cover, it’s important to us. Our professional and dedicated news staff provides more local news about the towns they cover than all other newspapers combined. Our reporters cover a full range of meetings in the towns we cover, from town meetings to school board meetings to planning and zoning meetings, to give you full perspective on the realities of life in these towns. Nine of 10 adults in a recent national survey said local news was the most important news category to them. This comes as no surprise to us.

Locally owned and committed

Established in 1897, The Lakeville Journal Company Newspapers, including The Millerton News (1972), The Lakeville Journal (1897), Compass Arts and Entertainment, TriCorner Real Estate and much more, are locally owned and published, and are committed to the communities we serve.

High Standards

Every department of the company is dedicated to quality and customer satisfaction. Community Acceptance: More than 26,250 people read our newspapers and website each week. In 2017, more than 2,000 businesses bought advertising in our news publications and website, www.tricornernews.com. If it’s important to our readers and customers, It’s important to us … People want local news and they get it best in the Lakeville Journal Company publications.

Compass is an arts and entertainment section that appears every week, either as part of the broadsheet section or as a separate tabloid section, in The Lakeville Journal and The Millerton News.

The idea is to give readers a comprehensive view of what is happening in area galleries, theaters, concert halls, and movie houses. Calendar listings cover everything from firehouse breakfasts to yoga classes to gallery openings and movies.

Compass highlights art galleries, reviews current films, plays, recitals, books, dance and profiles artists, writers, designers and crafts people working in the Tri-State area. There’s local history, local personalities and local happenings – just about anything that enlivens life in this part of the world. It also cover outdoor activities of all kinds, from hiking to gardening and sports.

And when Compass is a tabloid, it has extra free distribution at high-traffic areas throughout the Tri-state region. This is added value for your advertising.

Compass is the best place to advertise food, dining, art, entertainment and cultural events. Anyone who takes advantage of the wealth of events in the Tri-state area knows that Compass is the place to be.